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• carman
  carman

  noun

  one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.
• Carman
  Carman

  noun

  (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.

carman

¹ American  

[kahr-muhn] / ˈkɑr mən /

noun

• carmen
  plural

1. one of the crew of a streetcar or the like, as the motorman.

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Carman ² American  

[kahr-muhn] / ˈkɑr mən /

noun

1. (William) Bliss, 1861–1929, Canadian poet and journalist in the U.S.

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carman British  

/ ˈkɑːmən /

noun

1. a man who drives a car or cart; carter

2. a man whose business is the transport of goods; haulier

3. a tram driver

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Other Word Forms

Noun Inflected Forms

• carmen
  plural

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Etymology

Origin of carman

1570–80, in sense “person driving a cart”; car ¹ + -man

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Example Sentences

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Her eyes sought the carman, who had stepped aside.

From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

She stepped outside to scold the carman, leaving Lady Tasker standing just within the green door.

From A Crooked Mile by Oliver [pseud.] Onions

It had one great advantage, too: it liberated the carman for active service elsewhere.

From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan

The carman who drove him from the door was directed to drive to the same place, and there dismissed.

From Sir Jasper Carew His Life and Experience by Charles James Lever

"There's Fahoura now, gentlemen," said the carman, pointing downwards with his whip to a group of whitewashed farm buildings, that had gathered themselves incongruously about a square grey tower.

From Further Experiences of an Irish R.M. by Martin Ross

“It’s tough,” said Andrew Carman, a hydrogen dealmaker at the conference who said there just aren’t enough buyers to justify much new fuel production.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026

"This isn't 'Spy Time'," his lawyer, John Carman said, according to Courthouse News.

From BBC ● May 16, 2026

“Whatever it is, it’s a computer, monitor and banner,” said Carman, who described Lu as a community volunteer rather than a spy.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 13, 2026

Ashley Carman: Spotify came about during a time when the music industry was essentially decimated by piracy.

From Slate ● Dec. 14, 2023

About half the poems in this volume are by Mr. Richard Hovey, whose name appears on the title-page with that of Mr. Carman.

From Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern, Vol. VIII by Various

Rail unions have argued that the new technology shouldn’t replace inspections by well-trained carmen.

From Seattle Times ● Oct. 26, 2023

Cox said a detailed inspection by a carmen might have caught the problem and prevented the derailment.

From Seattle Times ● Jun. 23, 2023

“Every time the wheels come off the rail, it’s kind of like buying a lottery ticket to the big disaster,” said Jason Cox with the carmen division of the Transportation Communications Union.

From Seattle Times ● May 16, 2021

President Green succeeded in patching up jurisdictional disputes between the brotherhood of teamsters and the street and electric railway carmen as well as arranging a truce between the plasterers and bricklayers.

From Time Magazine Archive

The word for spell is here precatio, i.e. a prayer, not carmen, which is the usual word for a spell; and Pliny evidently thinks of it as addressed to some god.

From The Religious Experience of the Roman People From the Earliest Times to the Age of Augustus by W. Warde Fowler

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